If you have absolutely no idea what we're talking about, then consider us envious. Basically, some fans petitioned to get Shaggy in the game following on from the bafflingly popular 'Ultra Instinct Shaggy' internet meme. Look, we love a bit of Dragon Ball but this is lost even on us.

Anyway, it's time to holster the hot memes for now, because developer NetherRealm has said it ain't happening. During a livestream earlier tonight, community manager Tyler Lansdown held nothing back: "Shaggy will not be in the game. Ever. Sorry, dead meme."

So that's that. Here's hoping that we never have to write about Scooby Doo memes again!

Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.

Perhaps they couldn't land a deal. They love putting unexpected characters in MK, and both Ed Boon and this other artist from NetherRealm looked like they were down with the idea, but whatever. It seems I'll have to wait until next time.

We'll know that the real reason is because no console can contain and show the power of Shaggy and even if they manage to do it the online will be full of Shaggy vs Shaggy because of how broken he will be, making the game boring

I hope they roll with this for like April fools jokes or something.
Also as stupid as it would be to have shaggy in the game - it would actually make it a day one purchase for me vs waiting until it’s down to 20$ lol.